Hi Rob, I don't see anything inherently wrong with having multiple localised shortcuts for a function (Ctrl+A *and* Ctrl+E for Select All, etc.), if the point is to support the localisation. Depending on the number of shortcuts you may need, however, you might find yourself lacking available shortcuts in the future. If you don't anticipate scalability issues, then that sounds like a good alternative.
I didn't realise that your app was running in a browser - in that case, you'll want to be wary of not only reserved OS shortcuts (perhaps on all OSs; see previous link, and also the Human Interface Guidelines for Apple and any other OS you support), but also the browser shortcuts for all browsers on which your app will run. This complicates things a little, and you may find yourself pigeonholed by all of these reserved shortcuts into a very limited available set anyhow. Hijacking reserved shortcuts, whether OS or browser, is typically not good form, so there may be only a smallish list available to you. Good luck - it sounds like you have a fun logic puzzle ahead! :) Happy Holidays, Sylvania User Experience Designer Techsmith Corp. (p.s., yes, feel free to post on your community forum.) ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
